Comments | maychorian: Supernatural 5.08

maychorian

Supernatural 5.08

Nov 10, 2009 17:34

Usual caveat lector: I am pro-pretty-much-everybody. Yes, even him. I especially love Dean. And Sam. And Castiel. And Bobby. And John. And Ellen. And Jo. And Ruby. And Bela. And Andy, Ash, Ava, Gordon, Victor, Rufus, Jimmy, Amelia, Claire, Anna, Zachariah, Uriel, Sarah, Lucas, Ben, Lisa, Kubrick, Travis, Jim, Caleb, Josh, Jefferson, Rumsfeld... Um ( Read more... )

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Thinky Thought midnightheir November 10 2009, 23:05:10 UTC

The 'four' painted onto the door. In an episode full of mertaphor and visual clues etc ss that meant to be a portent of things to come ( ... )

Re: the number 4 feliciakw November 11 2009, 03:41:15 UTC

Very interesting, particularly in the follow-up of last week. When I asked what the numerological significance of 4 is . . . because there must be a reason that Sam won the poker game with four 4s, my f-list found discovered this (from her response to my question):

The number 4: "Four: The symbolic meaning of number Four deals with stability and invokes the grounded nature of all things. Consider the four seasons, four directions, four elements all these amazingly powerful essences wrapped up in the nice square package of Four. Fours represent solidity, calmness, and home. A recurrence of Four in your life may signify the need to get back to your roots, center yourself, or even "plant" yourself. Fours also indicate a need for persistence and endurance ( ... )

Re: the number 4 midnightheir November 11 2009, 10:47:38 UTC

It's now turned up in two back to back episodes in one way or another. I'm going to look out for it in the next one too; maybe that will give a hint as to whether its a sign of good things to come or imminent disaster.

In either case Sam could have won with four threes or twos, and the door could have been blank (the rest of that warehouse was pretty derelict).

Either way I'm inclined to believe that its been included on purpose. I'm just not sure why ...

Re: Thinky Thought maychorian November 11 2009, 23:00:50 UTC

You made me curious so I went and looked and some Biblical numerology--spent way too long on it, probably. Not that it made much sense. Most of the pages I read said it was a symbol of creation and order, but some said death, too. I dunno. ::shrug::

Or it could just be, like someone noted, that it's two pairs of brothers--Sam and Dean, Michael and Lucifer.

And Gabriel and Castiel, maybe. :D

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the review. I hope we see Tricky McGee again. He's definitely the sneaky type, so maybe he'll do one of those last-minute things and turn the situation on its head. It'll be fun to see.

And you're right that it was definitely a very (mean) brotherly dynamic between him and Cas. Poor Castiel, always getting picked on. ::pets him::

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chiiyo86 November 10 2009, 23:05:35 UTC

Hee. Your picspam managed to cheer me up. Thank you!

maychorian November 11 2009, 23:37:25 UTC

Yay, I'm so glad it made you happy! I LOL'd myself just about to death in making these caps, then fixing them up, and finally writing the review. :D

macbyrne November 10 2009, 23:30:32 UTC

Best review of the episode I've seen yet!!! I LOL'd so many times, I think I broke something. You brought back so many of the moments I died over during the epi! Thanks so much!

maychorian November 11 2009, 23:37:52 UTC

Yay, I'm so glad! \o/ This was very, very fun.

sockkiah November 10 2009, 23:37:45 UTC

You make me so happy how you love all the characters, because I do too and it's so nice not to hear complaining. :D Even unlikable guys like Zach are fun to have around; what would we be doing without them?

Anyway, I love the pics you grabbed. You got so many good faces and I especially love some of the Sam faces you got! I tend to love the Dean faces more, usually, but that earnest Sam face and his face during surgery? WIN!

Reflections and mirrors, above and below, big brothers and little brothers. Oh, show. Oh, boys. Oh, world. We are all kind of headed for the crapper, aren't we?

Marry me? I love that shot, and you've put so much more meaning behind it; saying things I couldn't find words for. <3 ( ... )

maychorian November 12 2009, 01:15:59 UTC

Aw, I'm glad you like everybody too. Always glad to find another one. ::high five:;

The reflection shot struck me very strongly, but it took me awhile to figure out what it was about it that grabbed my attention. You have to figure they did it on purpose--I imagine it's pretty difficult to shoot with a huge puddle of water in the way, and they could have just made the warehouse empty, after all. So I think the image was purposeful. It certainly was arresting and interesting and lovely, in a bleak way.

The ep did seem to end sort of abruptly, didn't it? I wish we'd gotten that wide shot. ::sigh::

dotfic November 10 2009, 23:43:30 UTC

*glee* Excellent picspam, and I like your thoughts on family and Tricky McGee. And Sam and Dean and their faaaaaces. \o/

That moment at the end with Castiel made me sad too -- the episode ends before it's clear whether he got into the back seat with them or he just vanished on his own. I have this theory that when Castiel said he couldn't heal any more, he also can't heal himself the way he once could. So yeah, there needs to be h/c fic (and I have a half-formed idea in my brain for one but so far it is not happening).

maychorian November 12 2009, 01:19:31 UTC

Yeah, I was wondering whether the healing thing applied to him, too. ::sigh:: Oh, Cas. It's rough being out in the cold when you're used to be in the center of warmth comparable to a sun.

Agreed on the half-formed ideas. the real problem is that it keeps wanting to turn into Longfic with Plot in my head, and c'mon, brain, I just want a shorty!